So...im new here and I have learend a lot. Originally, I was going the "dread kit" route, yet i find natural dreads a lot more beauitiful now since i came to this site. Only question is...how much to wash? or possibly a routine with washing? My dreads are only 2 weeks old and i use dr. bronners once a week and during hte middle of the week i make a bath of lemon juice and salt and dunk them. is this enough? should i be doing something else to get them to lock faster?
Yes, that'smore than perfect =) You don;t NEED to wash once a week with bronners but some do, it doesn;t matter, I go once every other but might make it a little more frequent... lemon juice and salt =) Do you cut it with water?
Wash your hair on a routine, just make it routine. If it's every three days, than make sure it's every three days. If it's once a month, make sure it's ever 31 days. It's what's best for your scalp. You wash to help your scalp and to keep the locks clean from debris. You will get some dirt and dust stuck in there, but if you wash it, it'll be clean dirt and dust. I had a couple of feathers in my first set by accident after sleeping a night in a barn. I currently wash mine twice a week, with no sprays or anything. Namaste
it depends on your hair and your age (puberty and adolescence makes for more oily hair that needs to be washed more often). some people can go two weeks between washing their hair once they quit using shampoo, some people can't go more than two days. Regular kinds of shampoos strip your hair of oil, which makes your scalp produce more oil, which makes your hair greasy and you need to shampoo every day (then there's the issue of conditioners in shampoo which are there only to prevent knots, not a good thing if you want dreads). THere are lots of safer ways of getting hair clean that do not strip out the natural oils and do not make your head look like an oil spill. But it does take some time for your head to adjust to a new routine, and it also takes trial and error to figure out what is the best routine for your particular hair.
